Summary
Purpose We want to demonstrate an unusual conjunctival Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma with bleedings.
Patient A 77-year-old female patient presented with an entropion of the left lower eye-lid.
Bilaterally reddish, soft tumors showed in the lower fornices with circumscript bleedings.
On account of an absolute arrhythmia of the heart the patient has been on a medication
of cumarine-derivates since 9 years. Histologically we found underneath the epithelium
densely packed lymphocytic cells with small uniform nuclei intermingled with many
erythrocytes. The immunohistological investigations revealed a Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma
of B-cell origin.
Conclusions Bleedings in a conjunctival Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma can alter the clinical aspect of
the tumor. It is necessary to inspect each entropion thoroughly in order to rule out
any other pathological lesions.
Schlüsselwörter
Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom - Bindehaut - Entropium - Histologie
Key words
Non-Hodgkin-lymphoma - conjunctiva - entropion - histology
